"pir" meaning in English

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        "3": "پیر"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian پیر",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syl",
        "2": "ꠙꠤꠞ"
      },
      "expansion": "Sylheti ꠙꠤꠞ (fir)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Persian پیر. Compare Sylheti ꠙꠤꠞ (fir).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pirs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "pir (plural pirs)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "1894, D. C. Baillie, Census of India, 1891, Volume 16, Part 1, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, page 217,\nThe five Pirs are not the only Muhammadan martyrs who are worshipped."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Akbar Ali Khan, Discovery of Bangladesh, University Press Limited, page 108:",
          "text": "A second attempt to explain the unique role of the pirs in Bengal was made by Eaton (1994).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Ibn Warraq, Leaving Islam, Prometheus Books, page 241:",
          "text": "Also I learned from the pirs (holy men) and mullahs that someday the entire world will be converted to Islam.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A Muslim, especially Sufi, holy man or religious leader."
      ],
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          "Sufi",
          "Sufi"
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪɹ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "peer"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pier"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pir"
}

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      "args": {
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        "3": "پیر"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian پیر",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
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        "1": "syl",
        "2": "ꠙꠤꠞ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Persian پیر. Compare Sylheti ꠙꠤꠞ (fir).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pirs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English terms with homophones",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 12 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1894, D. C. Baillie, Census of India, 1891, Volume 16, Part 1, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, page 217,\nThe five Pirs are not the only Muhammadan martyrs who are worshipped."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Akbar Ali Khan, Discovery of Bangladesh, University Press Limited, page 108:",
          "text": "A second attempt to explain the unique role of the pirs in Bengal was made by Eaton (1994).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Ibn Warraq, Leaving Islam, Prometheus Books, page 241:",
          "text": "Also I learned from the pirs (holy men) and mullahs that someday the entire world will be converted to Islam.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A Muslim, especially Sufi, holy man or religious leader."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sufi",
          "Sufi"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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        "General-American"
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    {
      "homophone": "peer"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pier"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pir"
}